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vicarity

vicarity noun: the quality of understanding or experiencing something vicariously.

Noun

vicarity (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon) The quality of understanding or experiencing something vicariously.
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Origin of vicarity

Borrowed from New Latin vicārietās and/or vicarious + -ity; compare precarity.

Questions about vicarity

What does vicarity mean?
Vicarity means the quality of understanding or experiencing something vicariously.
What part of speech is vicarity?
Vicarity is a noun.

Words near vicarity in the dictionary

  1. vicariousness
  2. vicariousnesses
  3. Vicaris
  4. vicarish
  5. vicarism
  6. vicarity
  7. vicarless
  8. vicarly
  9. vicars
  10. vicars apostolic
  11. vicars choral

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